Sleep Suggestions?

We have a 13 month old and he just struggles to sleep through the night. He recently got tubes in his ears due to 10 ear infections in a short time, but he continues to struggle with sleep. I would love any suggestions on things that have worked. We try and give him a bath, read, or rock and then lay him to bed. He seems to go to bed easy, it's that he wakes up anytime between like 2 and 5 screaming. Even if we let him "cry it out" he doesn't stop and progressively gets worse. We have a really hard time getting him back to sleep and he often ends up having to come to bed with us and immeditely snuggles with me and falls back to sleep. I am not a fan of co-sleeping and wonder if anyone has any new suggestions?

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We're having the same issue... maybe just a phase??? Separation anxiety? My DD goes to sleep np... then between 130 - 4am she's up screaming. We take her in our room against MY better judgement. I did not want to do this. But DH really has to get some sleep. She did it a few months ago for a few weeks, then it stopped. She was back to normal. I know she's getting some teeth in all at once... I'm figuring it's contributing to the sleeping habits. I give her a bath in that nighttime bath & lotion from J&J's. Seems to help her relax. Other than that... I don't know what to tell you. LOL We're kinda going through the same thing.

It took us awhile after getting tubes to get the night wakings to stop. PArt of it may be habit from waking up with the ear infection pain. Poor babes. We would usually feed him a bottle. After tubes, we started cutting back on how much we offered him at night. Slowly but surely we got him to stpo waking. Although it still happens from time to time, but mostly that's attributed to teething, allergies, or a sinus cold...take your pick. I keep thinking,"This too shall pass."

I have heard that their little minds start dreaming more now, so they may be having more vivid dreams which could scare them awake.

He has been weened for about a month now. He is always moving and especially hates to take naps when there are other people,kids, etc around. Getting him to go down at night is often difficult... thanks!

I wish I had a suggestion, but my DD is very similar (aside from the ear infection issue). CIO didn't work. She can go on and on and then throws up. Since we tried CIO a few times, she now will throw up within minutes. She also hates being in her crib. So obviously it didn't work for us. She sleeps with me for part of the night, when she's having trouble getting back to sleep. I think part of it is separation anxiety, part is teething, and part is ..who knows. Apparently I was similar and sleptin my mom's bed until 18 months though! So hopefully she will grow out of it, too.

oh! so there with you sister(: I just wrote a whole vent post about it! My little guy wakes up atleast twice a night, and will not go back to sleep unless he is beside me! I do think the dreaming idea is interesting, though! My dh and I were trying to figure out what has been waking him every night, maybe this could be happening! Maybe it's a phase or separation anxiety also- I have heard that it increases during this age! We really need to do the cio thing in the night, but we really need to sleep also! makes it difficult- b/c I know he will scream loud and long! never meant to co sleep, but looks like we are there for a bit!

If you find a solution that works- let us all know please(: good luck!

I am glad I am reading this. Then it must be a phase, because my LO is going through the same issue. My husband is out of town during the week so she has been sleeping with mommy (not such a great idea). We are going to start training her to sleep in her own bed in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we will be successful and get her to sleep on her own room and bed.

I finally just had to CIO fully!!! First three nights were awful - put in crib awake, screamed until fell asleep, wake up at 3 am, screamed until fell asleep. After that I did CIO for naps - went smooth. Now he fusses and moves around for like maybe 2 minutes and then hes out and wont wake up until morning. I would strongly suggest CIO. It is definitely HARD to do, and I thought it was so hateful but heck it worked!! And my husband and I both sleep so good now!! Good luck. If you have any questions or want to talk about it you can message me!